Cold-Fighting Chicken Soup with the Thermomix®: steam 800 g chicken drumsticks in the Varoma while the broth simmers with ginger, bay leaf and allspice for 45 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 1. Then add vegetables and pasta, shred the chicken and finish cooking. 4 servings in 70 minutes.
Cold-Fighting Chicken Soup with the Thermomix®
Ingredients 0 / 15 ✓
- 1 onion
- 10 g ginger
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 800 g chicken drumsticks
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 allspice berries
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 1 clove
- 1200 g vegetable stock
- 100 g celeriac
- 1 stick celery
- 1 parsley root
- 100 g carrot
- 120 g leek
- 80 g soup pasta
Instructions 0 / 8
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1
Chop onion and ginger.
Peel and halve the onion, peel the ginger, place both in the mixing bowl and chop for 5 seconds / speed 6, then scrape down with the spatula.
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Sweat.
Add the oil and heat without the measuring cup for 3 minutes / Varoma / speed 1.
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Prepare the chicken drumsticks.
Rinse the chicken drumsticks, pat dry and arrange in the Varoma.
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Add spices and steam.
Add the bay leaf, allspice berries, peppercorns, clove and vegetable stock to the mixing bowl, set the Varoma in place and cook for 45 minutes / Varoma / reverse direction / speed 1.
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5
Prepare and cut the vegetables.
Meanwhile, wash the vegetables, peel as needed and dice. Cut the leek into rings.
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Cook the vegetables.
Add all vegetables except the leek to the mixing bowl and cook for 12 minutes / Varoma / reverse direction / gentle stir setting.
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Add the chicken.
Meanwhile, remove the steamed chicken from the bones and cut into small pieces.
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Finish and serve.
Add the chicken, leek and pasta to the mixing bowl and cook for 5 minutes / 100°C / reverse direction / gentle stir setting, then serve.
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Nutrition per serving
5 seconds at speed 6: onion and ginger, then 45 minutes in the Varoma
Halve 1 onion and place it in the mixing bowl with 10 g peeled ginger. Chop for 5 seconds at speed 6 and scrape down with the spatula. Add 1 tsp olive oil and, without the measuring cup, sear for 3 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 1. The ginger adds warmth and helps when you have a cold.
Rinse 800 g chicken drumsticks, pat dry and arrange in the Varoma. Add 1 bay leaf, 4 allspice berries, 1 tsp black peppercorns, 1 clove and 1200 g vegetable stock to the mixing bowl. Set the Varoma in place and cook for 45 minutes at Varoma temperature in reverse direction on speed 1. The chicken steams above while the broth cooks below, giving the soup a double depth of flavour.
Vegetables and pasta: the final 17 minutes
In the meantime, wash 100 g celeriac, 1 stick of celery, 1 parsley root and 100 g carrot, peel and dice. Cut 120 g leek into rings. Add the vegetables (without the leek) to the mixing bowl and cook for 12 minutes at Varoma temperature in reverse direction on the gentle stir setting.
While the vegetables cook, remove the steamed chicken from the bones and cut into small pieces. Add the chicken, leek and 80 g soup pasta to the mixing bowl and cook for 5 minutes at 100°C in reverse direction on the gentle stir setting. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Drumsticks instead of breast: why the soup turns out better
Chicken drumsticks have more fat and connective tissue than breast meat. As they cook, the collagen releases and makes the broth rich and silky. Breast meat can dry out in the Varoma, while drumsticks stay juicy. If you prefer breast, reduce the Varoma cooking time by 10 minutes. Making your own vegetable stock gives the soup even more flavour. Our seasoning paste for meat broth also works well as a base.
Chilli, coconut milk, glass noodles: 3 variations
- Spicy variation: Chop one chilli together with the onion and ginger. It adds a warming heat that helps clear your sinuses when you have a cold.
- Asian with coconut milk: Replace 200 g of vegetable stock with coconut milk and use glass noodles instead of soup pasta. Add 1 tbsp fish sauce and a squeeze of lime juice.
- Without pasta: Leave out the soup pasta and add 200 g more vegetables instead. This makes a lighter soup that goes well with fresh bread.
More soup recipes: pumpkin, potato and more
If you are looking for more soup recipes, we have plenty to choose from: pumpkin soup, potato soup, gyros soup, tomato soup, leek cream soup and cheesy leek soup. Our pancake soup made from Thermomix® pancakes is a classic too.
Keeps 3 days in the fridge, freeze without pasta
The chicken soup keeps in the fridge for 3 to 4 days. To freeze, fill the soup into containers without the pasta (pasta turns mushy when thawed). It keeps in the freezer for up to 3 months. When reheating, cook fresh pasta separately and add it to the bowl. The soup tastes best on the second day, once the spices have had time to develop overnight.
